I normally monitor from the DA of my Rosetta. I've being a/bing some dedicated DACs (Benchmark, Lavry etc) and haven't been noticing much improvement over the Rosetta. My ears are now mush and have to stopheh

My monitoring enviroment is average/good - large decent treated room with no major problems and I use Tannoy Precision 8D's for monitors. I run ptle--->clocked to a Rosetta800(adat) and have been a/bing the DACs connected spdif.

Are you fellas noticing practical improvements, or am I in hair splitting territory here?

I noticed a big improvement over the Rosetta with the Benchmark and Mytek. I went with the mytek above all, but the Benchmark is very nice too.

BENCHMARK

I love my LavryBlack DA10.

I understand and agree that they're fine boxes. I'm just a little concerned with my monitoring enviroment because I found the differences neglegable. I'll try again today with a fresh head now that everything is calibrated perfectly.

How do you control the output of the Rosetta ? because that can be a big difference.

Compared to speakers and listening room acoustics, converters don't change the sound enough to worry about.

Spend your money on acoustic treatment and better sounding speakers.





-tINY

I notice the same thing switching from the Rosetta to the Benchmark. I don't think it's hair splitting territory. There are things that I like about both converters though.